Various people have reacted to this website, even before it was publicized:
Israelis offered corrections of grammatical or structural lapses or duplicated items. Those technical mistakes were corrected immediately, and I thank them for their input.
Those from the Diaspora had a very different outlook.
Most readers from the Diaspora criticized the content very strongly. They refused to accept or believe it. They told me that various Israelis had given them different information.
These Diaspora Jews had their own idealized and idyllic view of Israel. So much of the website differed from their preconceptions that they were convinced that the entire website was biased or wrong. They would want me to rewrite nearly all of the website in order to conform with their beliefs.
Self-declared Diaspora Rightists criticized the website as representing the Left. Those who claimed to be on the Left complained that the website leaned too far to the Right.
Their reactions confirm the articles about those who make aliyah and then return.
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